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I recently purchased my first gtr (very very very happy) on the dash the "HICAS" light is illuminated when driving, i received no manual with my car. does this mean that the four wheel steer fluid needs toping up or ???? if so where would i purchase such fluid etc ??? please help cheers guys look forward to meeting some of you guys.

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I recently purchased my first gtr (very very very happy) on the dash the "HICAS" light is illuminated when driving, i received no manual with my car. does this mean that the four wheel steer fluid needs toping up or ???? if so where would i purchase such fluid etc ??? please help cheers guys look forward to meeting some of you guys.

josh

so your saying that the HICAS sign is constantly glowing?? fluid can be purchased at super cheap auto or repco or any other car shop like that..

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I recently purchased my first gtr (very very very happy) on the dash the "HICAS" light is illuminated when driving, i received no manual with my car. does this mean that the four wheel steer fluid needs toping up or ???? if so where would i purchase such fluid etc ??? please help cheers guys look forward to meeting some of you guys.

josh

Hey GTRIIN,

OK - I'll post a serious answer for you - I hope

The HICAS is the four wheel steer - and as far as I know - if the light is on, your 4WS will be off line.

If you have a non-std steering wheel, without a proper 4WS boss kit (which has a 4WS sensor in it apparently) - that will cause this problem. I thought this only happened after exceeding 80klms / hr (which is when the HICAS actually starts to work). So if it's on ALL THE TIME - this may not be your problem.

If you are low on steering fluids - this will cause the HICAS light to come on. If your light is on all the time - this seems like a good place to start.

Lastly, this seems to be a common problem with the older GTRs (I have an '89 R32 GTR BTW). HICAS seems to be more trouble than it's worth. Long term you may want to look at a getting a HICAS locking kit installed, and then just pull the HICAS bulb from behind the dash.

my 2c worth :(

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Hey GTRIIN,

OK - I'll post a serious answer for you - I hope

The HICAS is the four wheel steer - and as far as I know - if the light is on, your 4WS will be off line.

If you have a non-std steering wheel, without a proper 4WS boss kit (which has a 4WS sensor in it apparently) - that will cause this problem. I thought this only happened after exceeding 80klms / hr (which is when the HICAS actually starts to work). So if it's on ALL THE TIME - this may not be your problem.

If you are low on steering fluids - this will cause the HICAS light to come on. If your light is on all the time - this seems like a good place to start.

Lastly, this seems to be a common problem with the older GTRs (I have an '89 R32 GTR BTW). HICAS seems to be more trouble than it's worth. Long term you may want to look at a getting a HICAS locking kit installed, and then just pull the HICAS bulb from behind the dash.

my 2c worth :D

my 89 gtr drives fine for a couple mins, then the steering goes heavy, then the hicas light comes on further down the road, i had a feeling this is too do with the ecu so im borrowing the ecu from a GTSt today to see if it remedies the problem, if it does i will try write up a 'how to stop a damaged ecu guide' as the ecu physically looks fine inside, other than that i may have to remove the hicas, something i dont really want too do

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woot woot!

sucsess.

Vehicle: R32 GTR

Problem: After a minute or two the steering becomes heavy, soon followed by the HICAS light illuminating on the dash cluster.

My Solution: HICAS ECU is kaput! This can be located in the boot on the drivers side under the parcel shelf.

How to test yours: Under the parcel shelf three 10mm head bolts hold in the ECU, undo these then unclip the ECU, replace with one from a car with working HICAS. For my test I used the HICAS ECU from a R32 GTSt, worked excellently, only took 5 mins to d the swap and back, and probably about 10 minutes driving it.

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